By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: First ever National Food Based Dietary Guidelines (NBDGs) for Afghans was launched on Sunday in order to fight malnutrition across the country. The NBDGs was published by Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock in collaboration with health and education ministries and Food Agriculture Organization (FAO). Minister of …
Read More »Electoral fraud: IECC’s chief says he was misquoted
AT-KABUL: Chief of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) Abdul Sattar Sadat rejected the allegations about fraud in the 2014 presidential election, terming report of Radio Azadi baseless. Radio Azadi on September 18 in a report said that Chief of the IECC told a gathering that dismissal of the electoral …
Read More »Ex-director of religious affairs killed in Nimroz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have killed an ex-director of Hajj and Religious Affairs in southwestern Nimroz province, it has been reported. According to the reports the ex-director Sayed Nazir Sadat was going back to his home from mosque when unknown gunmen killed him in Zaranj, the provincial capital of …
Read More »AIHRC decries children in Taliban’s ranks
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed its deep concerns over presence of children in the Taliban’s ranks. The remarks came just few days after Afghan security forces arrested a child suicide bomber in Faryab province. Rafiullah Bedar, spokesman of the AIHRC, while talking to Azadi Radio …
Read More »TAPI on the verge of takeoff
Regional economic integration and rolling out public-friendly policies in South Asia is need of the day. The problem is that regional economic integration in this region is trapped in perpetual conflicts. Resultantly, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistani-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project worth US $10 billion couldn’t be started in time. However, the long delayed …
Read More »Usman Ghani’s 69 runs helps Afghanistan beat Oman in first UAE T20
The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Oman by 27 runs in the first Twenty20 match of Afghanistan Tour of United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan set a target of 160 runs from 20 overs and by losing 8 wickets after Oman won the toss and elected to field first. Despite losing opener …
Read More »New ambassadors to 6 countries announced by MoFA
KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday announced the appointment of five new ambassadors to Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Czech, Norway and Belgium and one non-resident envoy. Mirwais Nab has been named as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Turkmenistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal to Pakistan, Syed Musdaq Khalili to Czech Republic, Shukria Barakzai …
Read More »Afghans are indivisible: Karzai
“We will prove it to the world that Afghans are not terrorists, said Asfandyar Wali Khan.” AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that Afghans are united, will remain united and none can divide them. He added that Afghans and the Pashtuns living on the other side of the Durand Line were …
Read More »Afghanistan to get WTO membership this December
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries said that Afghanistan would receive the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) membership by the end of 2015. Spokesman for the ministry Musafir Quqandi said the membership would bolster business system in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, other officials of the ministry also voiced pleasure and said …
Read More »Tajikistan seals border with Afghanistan in northern Badakhshan
Locals face challenges; ask Kabul to take the issue with Dushanbe AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Tajikistan has closed her border for Badakhshan residents living near the border. This came after insecurity increased in northern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The residents living in Darwaz, Ishkashim and Maimay districts of Badakhshan province, which …
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